Sandyford team are Community Awards winners

A GROUP of volunteers who got together 11 years ago to improve and enhance the local area where they live have been declared the overall winners of this year’s DLR Community Awards 2016.

The aims and objectives of the Kilcross Estate Management Forum in Sandyford are to improve and enhance their environment through voluntary work, education and social inclusion.  

Despite a busy schedule, this group has completed a number of projects including bio-diversity workshops for adults and children, two social inclusion events and even produced a calendar for 2016 showcasing their work over the year.

Now in its 20th year, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s Community Awards 2016 received 63 entries from community groups for this year’s competition.

These awards afford the county council an opportunity to acknowledge the valuable contribution that community and voluntary groups and individuals make within the county to their communities.

They achieve this through a diverse range of services and activities.

“Supporting community engagement, participation, volunteerism and active citizenship is one of the council’s key objectives,” the council stated.

“These awards help to recognise and reward the valiant efforts that the community groups play in developing and improving their communities.” 

In addition to the overall winners of the Kilcross Estate Management Forum, the winners in the seven categories listed are:

Community Services 

Category:

3rd Place        

Marsham Court Residents Association

2nd Place        

Southside Women’s Action Network

1st Place        

Hillview Community Resource Centre

Community Facilities 

Category:

3rd Place       

Shanganagh Park House

2nd Place        

Kilcross Resource Centre

1st Place        

Loughlinstown Community Rooms

Older Persons in the 

Community Category:

3rd Place        

Central Dun Laoghaire Senior Citizens

2nd Place        

Kilcross Ladies/Over 50s Club         

1st Place        

Loughlinstown Over 50s Activity Group

Services for Young People Category:

3rd Place        

Shanganagh Park House Summer Project

2nd Place        

Sallynoggin Youth Project

1st Place        

Southside Travellers Children and Young Peoples Programme

Environmental Awareness in Action Category:

3rd Place        

Meadowlands/Fitzgerald Park Estate Management Forum

2nd Place      

Purple House, Allotment Project Rathsallagh

1st Place        

St Brigid’s Community Garden

Services for Children 

Under 10 Category:

3rd Place

 Shanganagh Park House Afterschool Project

2nd Place

Cois Cairn Community Playgroup

1st Place        

Ballyogan Family Resource Centre Preschool Childcare and Afterschool Services

JUdges Commendation Award:

3rd Place        

Balally Players Theatre Group

2nd Place        

Shankill GAA Club

1st Place        

Sport 4 Development Ireland.